The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-31


thingsp Oh,ayoung, mem disapp ppoint the
those customers, il these things are ex-
pected ofsyouI YIous may sell an extra
case or goods; you may sell an extra roll
to tero,o your soul to boot in the bargain.
Nv. Again, I counsel all clerks to
conquer the trials Of their particular po-
sition., One great trial for clerks is the
RECONSIDERATION OF cUsToMERs.
There are people who are entirely polite
eyeryw where else, but gruf andSdictator-
|ialand contemptible when they come
into a store to buy anything. There are
thousands Of men and women who 20
FROM store to store to price things, with
out any idea of purchase. They are not
satisfied Euntil every roll Of goods is
brought down and they have pointed
out all the real or imaginary sG fects.8
They try on all kinds of kid gloves, and;
stretch them out Of shape, aud they put
on all styles Of cloak and walk to the
mirror to see how it would look,g and
then they sail ont of the store, saying,
~ will not take it to-day,'' Which
means, II don'twant it at all, y leaving
the clerk amid a wreck of ribbons, and
laces, and cloths. to smooth, out five
hundred dollars worth Of goods not
one cent of which did that man or wo-
man buy or expect to buy. Now I call
that dishonest on the part OF the custo-
mer. AZ, 8 .. $ssj9s 81 s,, =, si9 ~ - 4, 5#
:. Then a great, trial comes to Gle clerks in
theDfact that they see ''" "'''S' ~ ~
TIE PARsIs1oNIoUs SIDE
Of human nature. You talk about lies
behind the counter-there are Just as
many lies before the counter. Angus
tine speaks Of a man who advertised
that he would, OH certain occasion.
tell the people what was in their hearts.
A great crowd assembled, and sfhe STEP
ped to the front and said, ttI will tell
you what i3 in your hearts; to buy cheap
and sell dearl" Oh, people Of Brook
lyn, lay not aside your urbanity when
you come into store. Treat the clerks
like gentlemen and ladies, proving your
self to be q gentleman OF a lady. Re-
member that if the prices are high and
your purse is lean, that is no fault Of
inc clerks. And if you nave son or Il
daughter amid those perpleXities Of COM
mercial life, and such a one comes homo
alliworn out, be lenient, and know that
the martyr at the stake no more certainly
needs the grace Of God than our young
people amid tho seven-times heated ex-
asperations of clerks life!8F
Then there are all the trials which
come to clerks from the treatment of
INcoNsIDERATE EMPLOYERS.
There are professed Christian men in
this city who have no more regard for
their clerks than they have for the scales
on which the sugars are weighed. A
clerk is no more than 80 much store fur
niture. No consideration % for their
rights or their interests. Not one word
OF encouragement from sunrise to sun
set, nor from january to December,
But when anything goes wrong-a
streak Of dust on the counter or a box
with the cover off-thunder showers Of
scolding. Men imperious, capricious.
cranky toward their clerks-their whole
manner as much as to say, sAll the in
terest have in you is to see what can
get out Of fyouW @R SBf5&& #I65
Then there are all; the trials Of .3f,r5s q &
INCOMPETENT WAGES.
Some OF you remember when the war
broke out and all merchandise went up.
and merchants were made millionaires in
SIX months by the simple raise in the
value OF goods. Did the clerks get ad-
vantage of that risep Sometimes, not
always. saw estates gathered in those
times over which the curse of God has
hung ever since. The cry of unpaid mon
ana women in those stores reached the
Lord OF Sabaoth, and the indignation of
l'God has been around those establish
ments ever since; rumbling in the car
rage wheels, flashing III the chandeliers,
glowing. from the crimson upholstery,
numbering in the long roll Of the ten
PIN alley. Such men may build up pal
aces OF merchandise heaven high, but
after awhile q disaster will come along,
ana Will put one hand on this pillar, and
another hand on that pillar, and throw
itself forward until down will come the
whole structure, crushing the Worship
pers like grapes in wine-press.
| Then there are boys in establishments
who are ruined-in prosperous estab-
lishments ruined by, their lack of com.
pensation. In how many prosperous
stores it has been for the last twenty
years that boys were given Just. enough
money to teach them how toS ste5jl
Some were seized upon by the$nolice.
The vast majority Of instances were not
known. The head of the firm asked.
Where is, George now2n "Oh, he isn't
here any more" IA lad might
BETTER sTARvE TO DEATH
on blasted heath than take one cent
from his employer. Woe be to that en-
ployer who unnecessarily puts a tempta-
tion in a boys wayl There have been
great establishments in these cities
building marble palaces, their owners
dying worth millions and millions and
millions, who made vast amount Of
their estate out Of the blood and muscle
and nerve Of half-paid clerks. Such
mon DS-.JUo11 will not ,,,o,,4;o,, 49,.